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Hi folks
For some time ago I softmod my wii and can now play gamecube games just fine with my usb. (And can run emulators too) I now want to test if it works with wii games and I got a iso file of resident evil archives 0 which I converted to a wbfs file and formatted my usb to a NTFS drive with wii backup manager while I transfer the file over to my usb so it looked like this:

USB > wbfs (folder) > Resident evil 0 [RBHP08] (folder) > RM8E01.wbfs

I then boot my wii up and started running USB loader GX and it showed the game and I tried to play it but it just went on to the homebrew channel again and the second time a black screen...

Before I tried the "wbfs" thing, I did exactly what I did with gamecube and it did not work at all.

So the question is what did I do wrong in this whole process?!
Should I not use wbfs file with USB Loader GX... then what??

For Wii games, both FAT32 and NTFS work, so his problem is not the partition format.
Though, you should keep it as FAT32 as it's easier/required if you want to have both Wii and gamecube games on the same drive.

When launching a game just exit/reset, it's usually an issue with missing IOS.
What did you installed in slot249/250?
you can check what's installed by running syscheck (guide in my signature).
You need d2x v8 or newer, with base56 and 57 respectively in slot 249 and 250.

Everything running on the wii use only one IOS at a time.
so you can have only one custom IOS; you don't need to install all of them.

The base56 is 80-90% enough for all games, so if you don't need to play call of duty or few musical games you don't need the base57 at all.
installing only d2x cIOS v8 (or v10) with base 56 in slot249 is enough.

You don't even need IOS236 (that most guide still tell users to install). Now most homebrew are using AHB_access to get NAND and hardware access, patched IOS are not required anymore.

JAF-DOL:
Do not use DOP-Mii (it's an old program, and it's dangerous).

What you need is to install a patched IOS (cIOS d2x) to allow the Wii to read Wii games from USB instead of Disc.

1- download one of these package :
(Attention, do not mix them! don't install Wii version on WiiU and vice versa)For WiiFor WiiU

2- Extract the content on your SD card (it should work from USB Too, but I always use SD card for all my homebrew).
it should be like this : SD:/apps/d2x cIOS installer/ <all the zip content here, which are boot.dol, meta.xml, ciosmaps.xml, folders, etc.)

Press A to Install and proceed to the next one:
what : d2x v8 (or v10 or v10-alt)
where : slot 250
base : IOS 57
version : 21008 (or 21010)

Exit.
Done !
That's all you need. nothing else.

ATTENTION:
on vWii, do NOT install older cIOS. Only V10 or v10-Alt ! (if you install v8 or older, you will brick)

Differences with the versions:
v8 : latest stable
v10 : v8+new HDD support
V10-alt: V8+new HDD support+dual USB Port support but less game compatibility. Install "alt" version only if you REALLY need to use both USB Port in USBLoaders.

I recommend to install v8 on Wii, and v10 on vWii.
v10 on Wii is only if v8 doesn't work.

The disc want to update because you replaced the slot249 and 250 with custom IOS.

When installing the cIOS you chose version "21008", but the game want to replace it back with the two fake/empty IOS from nintendo version 65180 (or something like that, not sure about the number).
Nintendo release fake IOS with a high version number in attempt to counter piracy. but if you want, you can reinstall the cIOS with an even higher version number, instead of version 21008 select version 65535 !

There's also another method to prevent the console asking to update : Priiloader.
You install priiloader which will be inserted before the system menu when you launch your Wii, and will patch the menu to stop checking for updates.

for ISO:
Use wii Backup Manager to transfer files from computer to Wii HDD.
it will place the game in the correct folder.

basically, it must be located here:
usb:/wbfs/Game Title [GameID]/GameID.wbfs

You can also launch USBLoaderGX (or another loader), insert a Game disc and select "install game", it will copy the game to ISO/wbfs format on the HDD directly in the correct place.